There is nothing to fear from someone who shouts.
CHINUA ACHEBEThe sun will shine on those who stand before it shines on those who kneel under them.
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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Only the story can continue beyond the war and the warrior. The story outlives the sound of the war drum… The story is our escort. Without it we are blind… It is the thing that sets us apart from cattle.
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When mother-cow is chewing grass its young ones watch its mouth
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If a child washed his hands, he could eat with kings.
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Africa is to Europe as the picture is to Dorian Gray-a carrier onto whom the master unloads his physical & moral deformities.
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When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool.
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The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience.
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If you only hear one side of the story, you have no understanding at all.
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The sun will shine on those who stand before it shines on those who kneel under them.
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A coward may cover the ground with his words but when the time comes to fight he runs away.
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The problem with leaderless uprisings taking over is that you don’t always know what you get at the other end. If you are not careful you could replace a bad government with one much worse!
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Privilege, you see, is one of the great adversaries of the imagination; it spreads a thick layer of adipose tissue over our sensitivity.
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A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
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Charity is the opium of the privileged.
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One reason why I am quite angry with what is happening in Nigeria today is that everything has collapsed. If I decide to go back now, there will be so many problems – where will I find the physical therapy and other things that I now require?
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The singer should sing well even if it is merely to himself, rather than dance badly for the whole world.
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